25. The Urinary System

What is the correct order of urine-collecting structures found within the kidney?

In kidney anatomy, the renal artery enters the kidney at which indented region?

In the kidney, what is the primary function of the renal pelvis?

What substance produced by the kidneys helps regulate blood pressure?

Which one of the following is not one of the functions of the kidneys?

The major calyces are the __________.

What are the three main regions of the kidney?

Which organ removes waste from the blood and produces urine?

The kidneys play a major role in the human excretory system by filtering which fluid?

The __________ cushions the kidney and helps attach it to the posterior body wall.

The renal __________ is continuous with the ureter.

__________ are the structural and functional units of the kidneys, which carry out the processes that form urine.

Which structures primarily make up the renal medulla?

Which structure is the muscular tube that delivers urine to the bladder?